Volucella pellucens (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVolucella pellucens (a hoverfly)
GenusVolucella (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeVolucellini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilyMILESIINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies)
FamilySYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Volucella pellucens (a hoverfly) :
1: Volucella pellucens (a hoverfly)
2 Jul 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Male - antennae - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Volucella pellucens (a hoverfly)
23 Aug 2015 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Eucryphia
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - visiting flower
3: Volucella pellucens (a hoverfly)
11 Jun 2014 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
feeding on exudations from a goatmoth oak
Image 1: Feeding on exudations from a goatmoth oakImage 2: Feeding on exudations from a goatmoth oak (2)Image 3: Feeding on exudations from a goatmoth oak (3)Image 4: Feeding on exudations from a goatmoth oak - close-upImage 5: Feeding on exudations from a goatmoth oak - close-up (2)
4: Volucella pellucens (a hoverfly)
3 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY78 50° 40’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - visiting Hogweed - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - visiting Hogweed - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Female - visiting Hogweed - front three-quarter viewImage 4: Female - visiting Hogweed - rear three-quarter view
5: Volucella pellucens (a hoverfly)
14 Jun 2008 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Male, visiting Water Dropwort
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Male - front three-quarter view - close-upImage 3: Male - front three-quarter view - close-up (2)Image 4: Male - lateral view - close-upImage 5: Male - lateral view - close-up (2)Image 6: Male - latero-dorsal view - close-upImage 7: Male - postero-dorsal view - close-upImage 8: Male - postero-dorsal view - close-up (2)
6: Volucella pellucens (a hoverfly)
16 Aug 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, visiting Hemp Agrimony
Image 1: Female - rear three-quarter view
7: Volucella pellucens (a hoverfly)
17 Jun 2005 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, at dusk, sleeping on oat grass
Image 1: Male - antero-dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Male - dorso-lateral view - close-upImage 3: Male - ventro-lateral view - close-upImage 4: Male - ventro-lateral view - close-up (2)Image 5: Male - ventro-lateral view - close-up - enlarged
8: Volucella pellucens (a hoverfly)
17 Aug 2003 OSGR: SY59 50° 50’ N, 2° 40’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting flowers of Devils Bit Scabious
Image 1: Female - front three-quarter viewImage 2: Female - lateral viewImage 3: Female - vateral viewImage 4: Female - vdorsal view
9: Volucella pellucens (a hoverfly)
7 Sep 1975 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Female, visiting Devil’s Bit Scabious
Image 1: Female - visiting Devil\'s Bit Scabious - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Female - visiting Devil\'s Bit Scabious - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Female - visiting Devil\'s Bit Scabious - dorsal view - enlarged
10: Volucella pellucens (a hoverfly)
14 Aug 1971 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Female, visiting Buddleia
Image 1: Female - visiting Buddleia - dorsal view - enlarged
11: Volucella pellucens (a hoverfly)
2 Aug 1970 OSGR: TQ15 51° 20’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Female, visiting knapweed
Image 1: Female - visiting knapweed

Volucella pellucens (a hoverfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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